Pro-immigrant pastor named bishop of Florida diocese home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
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Pope Leo names Rev Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez, who has criticized US immigration policies, as bishop of Palm Beach
Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez, now pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the Queens borough of New York City, as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida.
The diocese is home to the Mar-a-Lago estate of Donald Trump, whose get-tough immigration policies have drawn objections from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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